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The revelation effect in frequency judgment.

B H Bornstein1, C B Neely

  • 1Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. bbornstein2@unl.edu

Memory & Cognition
|May 16, 2001
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The revelation effect increases frequency judgments for revealed words over intact words. This memory phenomenon was stronger for more frequent words and distorted test items.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Memory Studies
  • Human Cognition

Background:

  • The revelation effect describes how revealing previously hidden information enhances memory recall.
  • Understanding this effect is crucial for memory research and applied fields like education and eyewitness testimony.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the revelation effect in a frequency judgment task.
  • To examine how word frequency and test item presentation influence the revelation effect.

Main Methods:

  • Participants estimated word frequencies after initial exposure.
  • Words were presented either intact or revealed via word fragment completion during the test phase.
  • Actual word frequencies varied (1, 2, 4, or 8 presentations).

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Main Results:

  • Revealed words consistently yielded higher frequency estimates than intact words.
  • The revelation effect intensified with increasing actual word frequency in two experiments.
  • The effect persisted even when the revealed word differed from the initially judged word.
  • More distorted test items led to higher frequency estimates.

Conclusions:

  • The revelation effect reliably enhances frequency judgments, suggesting a robust memory bias.
  • Factors such as word frequency and item distortion modulate the strength of this effect.
  • This research contributes to understanding memory retrieval processes and potential biases.